Cristiane Serruya

“Fabulous. Toleration is the key word. It's a pity few people understand this.”

“That night as they slept in each other's arms neither Alistair nor Sophia had any nightmares.”

“I don't need to be liked because I'm rich. There's more to me than just my bloodied damn money.”

“Sophia is not my second chance. She is my heavenly gift.”

“Sophia is worth a change. I have to make the right choices from now on.”

“If you give me but another chance, I’ll fight all my inner demons and rebuild my life with you. I’m never going to hurt you again, mo chridhe. I swear it.”

“Marriage never stopped anyone from betraying.”

“It was like the sun had appeared again in my life, Sophia, You. You changed everything when you stepped into that room. You have a freshness, a strength, an allure, I’ve never seen before. The way you walk, talk, hold yourself. The way you move your hands, these long red nails. You’ve become the light of my life.”

“Nonetheless, risk is a part of life.”

“Never again mistrust me. Don’t turn your anger unfairly towards me. Trust isn’t something I bestow easily. It’s something precious. You have it or you don’t. Like faith, like love. It’s blind. It has to be. If I trust, if I love, I’ll always believe you; no matter the circumstances.”

“You’re like the fresh air from an orchard in spring, he shook his head, his long bangs falling over his right eye, I am darkness.”

“Passion is a sickness. It confounds and makes you do things just to please the other person. Quite different from love. In love you find delight despite the person’s flaws.”

“Sophia, you’re the best thing that could have happened to Alistair. I’ve never seen him happier than he is now.”

“ Good things come…” Her head fell back, giving him total access to her throat “to those who wait.’ Patience is a virtue, Alistair.”

“We should abandon all hope when we are born. Happiness is a mere sparkle in the darkness.”

“Things are more exciting when one unveils them bit by bit. One looses interest fast when they’re too easy.”

“But if one stops believing in dreams, life loses its meaning, loses its colors.”

“As a rule, people tend to forget the most important things in life when money, power and lust are involved.”

“It should be forbidden to be so handsome.”

“I love your eyes, did you know that? I have never seen eyes as green as yours. They put the leaves of the Amazon Forest to shame. And your unbelievably long and dark lashes make them even more startling.”